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Approaching Ottoman History: An Introduction to the Sources Hardcover - 2000
by Faroqhi, Suraiya
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- Title Approaching Ottoman History: An Introduction to the Sources
- Author Faroqhi, Suraiya
- Binding Hardcover
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 276
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
- Date 2000-01-28
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0521661684.G
- ISBN 9780521661683 / 0521661684
- Weight 1.24 lbs (0.56 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.69 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.75 cm)
- Reading level 1420
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Cultural Region: Turkey
- Library of Congress subjects Turkey - History - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-55156
- Dewey Decimal Code 956.101
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Summary
Suraiya Faroqhi's scholarly contribution to the field of Ottoman history has been prodigious. Her latest book represents a summation of that scholarship, an introduction to the state-of-the-art in Ottoman history. In a compelling exploration of the ways that primary and secondary sources can be used to interpret history, the author reaches out to students and researchers in the field and in related disciplines to familiarise them with these documents. By considering both archival and narrative sources, she explains why they were prepared, encouraging her readers to adopt a critical approach to their findings, and disabusing them of the notion that everything recorded in official documents is necessarily true! While the book is essentially a guide to a complex discipline for those about to embark upon their research, the experienced Ottomanist will find much that is original and provocative in its sophisticated interpretation of the field.
First line
The present chapter being directed at the student entering the field, a few words should be said about the languages which the future Ottoman historian will need for his/her research.